St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-05
w. P. Murray and Others Sum-
Marie the Work of the
Omaha Convention.
No Liquor But Plenty OF Food
to Be Had At the State
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A Dude Done Up in Fine Style
By a Young Lady's Big
Brother.
The Last Man Who Does Not
Understand a Base Ball
Score Card.
HOME FROM OMAHA.
Delegates to the Charities Co,

The dOingS of the recent national con-
vention of Corrections and Charities,
held at Omaha, were discussed at Ply
mouth church last evening by some of
those who went from st. Paul as dele
gates. After the opening exercises and
the reading of a chapter of Scripture,
Or. Dana briefly addressed the meeting,
taking as his subject, preventive Meas
ureS.H
Few. comparatively speaking, realize the
magnitude numerically of our defective
classes, rs 10 whose welfare this national
congress concerns itself, and for the i'm
proved treatment of whom it devotes its
study and directs its endeavorS he said
There are 9l,oGO or more of insane in our
country. whose public care entails an i'm
mense expense. class rapidly augmeuting.
Then comes the 76S95 imbecileS,
Of whom, but, little has been
a an3W VET whose a%Ie EI ne PSOpif
not only an obligation of humanity but
moral and economical necessity Yet over
$1,000 aIe without amy suitable provision,
and are left 10 lee the untold burdens they
are to families and communities, and the
prolific propagation, of crime. Next reckon
the 33.37S deaf and dumb; the 4S.92S
tlind the p 30 outdoor poor, and the Co.
2O3 inmates OF public poor houses. Add to
these %. 500 confined ii our prisons, beside
IL ,46S juvenile delinqUentS. Such are the
classes this conference has for fourteen
years been aiming TO help. and whose treat
ment il has UNNECESSARILY improved |
doubt whether any more
IMPORTANT CONVENTION
cOuVeneS i'll our country, or one, the outcome
OF whose dellberatlons, inures more 10 the
veal OF those who challenge our compassion
and demand our help. The Omaha confer
ence was by no means as large as the one
held here year ago. but 1t was welcomed
with signal cordially by representatives of
the state, the city, the press and the residents
OF this enterpliSing metropolis of Nebraska
The chief interest conferred as it was proper
1t should. upon preventive work and all
phases of effort to save our exposed youth
from life of crime. Juvenile re-
formatories and industrial schools
are of more public utility than
any other institutions, for they save those
who would else develop into professional
criminals. kindergartens kitchen gardens.
manual training III the public schools, are
now the recognized factors i'll the problem
If the first step i'll the downward path is the
critical one, then every effort should be made
10 prevent the youth from taking it. The in
dustridl school at Rochester made most en-
couraglng report, showing that since the in
PRODUCTION OF industrial education, not only
had the inmates been more contenled and or
derry, but they had been fitted to
follow useful trades and occupations when
leaving for which the superintendents could
not supply fast enough the candidates called
for. Our juvenile delinquents may be said
to be those homeless, or from bad homes or
from over bGrGened homes. Repression of
crime Is the hardest and most expensive UNI
dertaking of the state but the promDt and
wise care of the neglected and those likely to
go astray. not only saves but reserves the
subject as q productive, VirtuouS member of
the body polite and Michigan is So early ana
wisely caring Tor her neglected children
taking them out of poor houses off the
street, and from vicious surroundings has
done most wise and publicly useful and
ph1lanthroPic work. Minnesota has shown
her wisdom IN following her example
tr. Dana was followed Inv
Hart, of the state board of correction
and charities. He said the Omaha con-
terence was not up to the one held in
st. Paul last year. Many of the dele
gates spoke of the pleasant treatment
they receil ell while here. The Mime
sofa delegation was highly honored in
many ways, but in none more than hav-
ing Rev. DE-. Dana selected to preach
the annual conference sermon. Pre-
VentlVe work was one OF the most inter
eStlng topics, and the report of Capt.
Fulton, OF the Rochester Reform school,
OF New York, was interesting and
Instructive; but Minnesota was the
pioneer III the matter of introducing
manual training in such schools.
Prison management was another topic
OF absorbing interest, and it is hoped
that the discussion on that subject
walked up the siumbering conscience of
Chd1 oIdtc W one u the most enormous
evils within her limits-that of paving
contractor 10 cents per day to take her
cOnvlctS off her hands, to do what he
pleases with them. It's great
deal worse than the contract system
prevailing in some Southern states: for
there the states receive something from
the contractors for the work of the con-
tractors: The reports from the several
states all show a general movement to-
ward better management Of prisons and
better general advance in preventive
measures for children.
CITY ATTORNEY MURRAY.
Hon. W. p. Murray was next intro
duced, and delivered an address fairly
bristiing with good points.
10 some OF you who have known me
Tor nearly lifetime, it is undoubtedly
quite surprise to see me so near a pull
pit" said he.
wish to say that think Gov McGill was
heartily IN accord with the objects of that
convention; but when he appointed me and
several others, don't think he had any idea
OF our doing anything beyond holding down
our seats, and managed to do that pretty
Well. think. Omaha reminds one of ST
raul ten years ago, and really. that conyen-
ton didn't attract as much attention
as dime museum or a dog show
COY. mayer made great speech
and told of the wonderful progress of the
state in the past few years; he might have
gone farther and spoke of Minnesota and
Wisconsin, which, while notas sparsely pop
ulated perhaps thirty years ago as Nebraska
have done more for charities in that time
than was done in the !, 500 years before One
OF the first acts / introduced when entered
the legislature was a bill appropriating 800
OOO 10 establish an insane asylum. 1t was a
new thing at thas time, and when the hin
got into the committee of the whole. it didn't
have friends enough for a respectable
funeral; | finally said give me s., 900 and
81 Paul then small frontier town, will
raise the balance, which she did The
school never got to working right until four
years ago when twas provided that the
state bear the whole expense.
went to Omaha to learn and l found that
Minnesota was the pioneer i'll most of the re-
form movements. L went to Lincoln and
PAD my fare, owing to the interstate COM
merce bill. There 1 visited an old folks
fo Ss home found youn it T foiks an bo@ 0ld
home and foundlings' home-a regular
slaughter-house in fact In one of the
speeches, welcoming us, a speaker said Ne
DTaSKa was the first state born since the time
When all men were free l went to their
state prison and saw 400 men leased out to
contractors, just as absolute slaves as ever
were sold IN Southern market, and |
ln0ught, 1t IS true this great state of
Nebraska was the first state admitted
unoer Llncoln's administration when all
1leh became free and equal, but she has
the Gar asfSep slavery today than existed in
mere city on the continent that makes ms
llperal appropriations for charities. and
whose citizens respond as literally to all an
peals OF that kind, as ST. Paul.
Dr. Dana, at the close of Mr.. Murrav's
aoqreSS, remarked: 1--WE are all salts
ned that Coy. McGill did his best when
ne sent Mr.; Murray to Omaha. He gave
inc convention an eloquent address and
really worked them up.'' O'' |'--''
THERE WILL BE NO LIQUOR,
Nut Plenty to Eat and Drink at
the State Fair.